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To: Trapper6012

Some didn’t have a chance to flee. The Shiite oppression didn’t create ISIS, but it certainly did a share in helping recruitment.

The Iraqi regime will crumble, whether the Iranian mullahs really want to risk invading Iraq probably depends on how screwed up things get.


23 posted on 10/19/2014 7:25:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

I agree with you completely on the Iraq government crumbling. There is nothing I have seen in the Abadi government that is far enough departure from Maliki to win over the Sunni tribes en mass. Perhaps some will. Further, Iraq’s budgets are pegged on a 90 USD per barrel. The barrel price is now 80 something. Which means they have revenue problem. As well, the oil production is off 25% because of areas under ISIS. This spells a huge potential for failure. Much of the 2015 budget will need to go into military spending... If they last that long


26 posted on 10/19/2014 7:38:33 PM PDT by Trapper6012
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